Fashion Fashion Design (AAS)
What our students, alumni, and faculty are doing in NYC and worldwide
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Program Contact
Geoffry Gertz, Director
Parsons’ AAS Fashion Design program offers a pathway into the fashion industry. The intensive fast-paced curriculum covers the design process from concept to production, including ethical and sustainable practices. Students design across fashion categories and learn skills in drawing, draping, patternmaking, and construction while also leveraging 3D technology. Graduates bring their prior experience and fresh perspectives to the industry, working for major companies, small houses, and launching their own brands.
The program’s reputation for quality, rigor, industry relevance, originality, and comprehensiveness opens doors throughout the fashion industry. Electives give you opportunities to specialize in accessories, tailoring, textiles, knitwear, and many other areas.
AAS Fashion Design alumni are leading innovation in sustainable fashion technology, working in design studios, developing businesses, and building brands globally. Graduates have joined major companies such as Chanel, Theory, Calvin Klein, Eileen Fisher, Kate Spade, Urban Zen, Proenza Schouler, Tory Burch, and GAP. Other alumni—such as Prabal Gurung, Aiste Hong, Jay Godfrey, Vivienne Hu, and Aimee Kestenberg—start their own lines right out of the gate.
Discover what our students, alumni, and faculty are doing in NYC and worldwide.
New York City’s thriving creative industry and cultural institutions are part of your Parsons education. Our Career Services Office is enmeshed in the art and design industry and can help you advance your career with industry-relevant internships.
Connect to the organizations, businesses, and entrepreneurs driving global creativity and commerce. In classes, internships, and extracurricular projects, you gain marketable problem solving skills in sectors ranging from government and nonprofits to tech and creative industries.
As a Parsons student, you enjoy access to extensive resources including New School libraries, computer labs, archives, and studios, along with Parsons’ state-of-the-art Making Center, facilities offering a broad array of tools to support your creative and academic growth.
Full-time undergraduate major (four years, 120 credits); best suited to first-time college students. Culminates in a thesis and qualifies alumni for further graduate study.
Full-time graduate program (two years, 60 credits); applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in fashion design and a substantial portfolio for this highly selective program.
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